Fresh Food Friday: 100 Healthy Snack Ideas

I did pretty well this week . . . I have only caved on one day to a sugary treat (I will be posting the treats later- they were so good! Totally worth losing points over.)!

Snacks right around 3 pm each afternoon are my downfall. I hit a wall and my body craves a snack, which usually ends up being something chocolatey. I am trying to train myself to reach for healthier snacks, but I just forget.

So, I have complied this list that I am printing out and putting on my fridge. That way, when I go to grab the carton of chocolate ice cream in my freezer, I will be reminded to grab something else.
If you want to print it out, CLICK HERE.

Comments

Thanks for sharing! I think sometimes we get so hungry that we forget about the healthy options. And I know I sometimes get stuck in food ruts. What a great list to have on hand. I hope you don’t mind but I’m sharing this post on my Facebook page!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!! I have been looking for a list of good snacks for my kids, I have 4 little kids and snacks are so important to them… I want to give them the best, filling, healthy snacks, not junk! YAY YOU!!!!

Thanks for this! I love that you say you just forget to choose a healthier snack, I hear you there! After years of reaching for chocolate, my brain is in serious need of being re-trained. Once I hit 30 (wah!) my body let me know I couldn’t get away with that anymore. Thanks again

Thanks for the great ideas! One of my fave healthy snacks is Roasted Seaweed Snacks. They taste amazing. You can find them at Trader Joe’s or any Asian grocery store. Try them and you may never crave chips again!

What a great list! My favourites are 21, 29, 76 & 77: Pita & Hummus, Green Smoothies, Homemade popsicles & Dates (even just on their own, straight out of the freezer!) There are a few more ideas here I’ll definitely have to try too. Thanks!!

Wow, some of these are really not healthy at all. Watch all the High Fructose Corn Syrup (for example: in the Yoplait yogurt and the cereals), watch the added sugars in the dried fruits and peanut butters and cereals, watch all the added salt in the crackers and chips (some have MSG), and 100 calorie snacks are NOT healthy (especially if you are eating those 100 calorie snack bags filled with cookies or chips) have you ever read the ingredients on those?!? Just because something is low calorie does NOT make it Healthy!

Artifial sweeteners found in your “sugar-free” stuff is dangerous stuff. I’m doing my senior thesis about them and believe me, they are neither “healthy” for snaking, nor will change your waist line. Just so you know!! Read about them. (Aspartame, Sucralose, Saccharin)

Many of these are great ideas, but you may not realize dried fruits and nuts (and nut butters) are very high in calories. And many of the items on your list may be low cal, but are not actually healthy for you. :/

Looking forward to giving these a try … been looking for some healthier things to put in my work lunch … I do have mid-nights and have been having a terrible time trying to find things that dont upset my stomach but yet are filling and healthy … Thank you

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This is a great idea however I’m failing to understand how chemically altered food such as those that are low fat and sugar free are considered healthy. Especially when there are many things that are naturally low fat or low sugar. Just something to look into.

The Triscuit Thin Crisps you listed are actually loaded with sodium. It breaks my heart because I really liked them until I saw the sodium content. Regular Triscuits have much less sodium per serving. Just an FYI.

Wow. This is a brilliant idea. I think it has been people’s habit to just eat and not consider how healthy the food they’re eating is. You have made us more aware and understanding about being healthy. These are really motivating. I’m sure many would be properly reminded and be encouraged to embrace healthy eating habits. The list contains delicious food and they’ll surely enjoy this vigorous habit.

I just linked to your list off pintrest and I am in love. this is so great. I do get in such a funk with snacks for me and my kiddos and this is a win win win for everyone. Thanks for some tasty inspiration.

Hi – It’s good to read such interesting stuff on the Internet as I have been able to discover here. I agree with much of what is written here and I’ll be coming back to this website again. Thanks again for posting such great reading material!!

This is a great list! I’ve been looking for a long list of snack ideas for a while. Seriously, all the others are just the same 5 things over and over!

I’ve recently fell in love with Fruti bars. They’re frozen fruit bars made with real chunks of fruit instead of fillers and are under 100 for some flavors. They say it’s eating one serving of fruit too on their website. You can look at the ingredients on their website at http://www.nfc-fruti.com!

I love this list!! I made one of my own that incorporates similar items but breaks it down into salty and sweet categories depending on your mood http://bit.ly/18oEdWj I’m really loving your blog! Check mine out at http://www.fitfadfan.com for fitness and nutrition info Would love to share ideas!

Welcome to our site! There are six of us girls . . . no boys! Now that we have grown up and moved far apart from each other, we use this blog to stay in touch and share our ideas. Feel free to take a look around!